Gingerbread Biscuits

Name: Gingerbread Biscuits
Yield: 20 biscuits
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 250 g plain flour; 30 g cocao; 3/4 tsp baking powder; Pinch salt; 150 g butter; 1 thumb ginger root; 2 tsp ground ginger; 3 tsp cinnamon; 1/2 tsp ground cloves; 1/2 tsp nutmeg; 100 g demarera sugar; 25 g maple syrup; 1 medium egg

Matthew Lay @merlin

Something to go with a cup of tea.

Matthew Lay @merlin

Something to go with a cup of tea.

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Ingredients

20 biscuits

250 gplain flour
30 gcocao
3/4 tspbaking powder
Pinchsalt
150 gbutter
1thumb ginger root
2 tspground ginger
3 tspcinnamon
1/2 tspground cloves
1/2 tspnutmeg
100 gdemarera sugar
25 gmaple syrup
1medium egg

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Steps

1

Melt the butter in a pan and then add finely diced ginger root,sugar and syrup. Warm gently for a few minutes, then add remaining spices.
2

Remove from heat, allow to cool for 2-3 min and then beat in the egg.
3

Sift together flour, cocao, baking powder and salt, and stir in to the butter mix.
4

Roll the dough into a 5cm thick sausage and slice into 1cm disks
5

Bake at 180°C for 15 minutes